Peter Meares has been one of Queensland's leading sports commentators for the past 40 years. Best known for his hosting of the immensely popular Brisbane Commonwealth Games in 1982 with the ABC, Peter has been a familiar face on television throughout Australia. He's as busy as ever, after moving to the Gold Coast, covering sport on radio station 94.1FM and has written six books.
At Channel 7, Peter presented sport for 12 years, covered the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and two Commonwealth Games, as well as calling network Basketball and Tennis. Peter has won many media awards, and was made an Advance Australia Ambassador for services to sport in 1983. He's called almost every popular sport, and a few exotic ones, like Korfball and Sepak Takraw, as well!
Peter has many tales to tell of life in front of the cameras, and behind the scenes in the grandstand or dressing-room. A guest lecturer at the University of Queensland, he loves talking to youngsters about Journalism and the media industry.
Peter is currently writing his 7th book with his more recent titles being:
- Legends of Australian Sport -- the Inside Story. (UQP 2004)
- Wallaby Legends (Lothian Books 2005)
- Treading Water -- the Life Story of Tracey Wickham" (Random House 2010 )
- Back to the Studio" (Harper Collins 2011)
- The First 100 Years -- the History of the University of Queensland Rugby Club" (Self published 2011).
Peter also covered the Delhi Commonwealth Games, which were his fifth as a presenter and commentator and called Athletics and Canoeing at the London Olympics in 2012.
Testimonials
Peter successfully 'reached' and entertained his audience, with a suitably fitting topic. Student,. parents and teachers informed me how much they enjoyed his speeches.
Peter Meares - Gary Prickett, Mountain Creek SHSPeter Meares provided the after-dinner address to the fathers [at a Father & Son Literacy Weekend] by reflecting upon his literary and broadcasting experiences throughout his varied professional life. The range of experiences addressed, humour and humility enabled Peter to connect very well with his audience. The fathers were intensely interested in his stories, observations and encounters with sportspeople around the World and the developments that resulted in the authoring of his books.The connections between sport, commentary, broadcasting and literature were well established and served to inspire the fathers to share reading and discussion of sprorting events or achievements with their sons.
Peter Meares - Peter Collin, Anglican Chruch Grammar School
All Piss and Wind
Legends of Australian Sport - The Inside Story
Wallaby Legends
Back To The Studio
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Jan was great with the K-2 audience we booked her for. Lots of videos and visuals, plus they all love animals. We ran 45 minute sessions, which was about right with this age group. Lots of back up activities available on the website too so it worked really well.
Deb was a very engaging speaker and performer. The children really enjoyed the visit and have been madly borrowing her books. Deb pitched her talk to each year level and managed to have everyone laughing and learning at their level - including the teachers.
Versatile across all stages Sue captures and holds her audience’s attention from the get-go. As a former teacher, Sue knows how to pitch, pace and present to perfection. Staff and students were equally enthralled and impressed. Five stars from us at Yarrawarrah School. Nailed it!
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Belinda’s presentation style was very suitable for our students. She connected well with all year levels and understood how to engage them. I was very impressed with her style personable and very approachable for students. I would welcome Belinda again to speak to our students.
Students had the opportunity to implement their creative writing skills during Matt Porter’s workshop. The students were enthralled and totally engaged during the entire session, which catered to all abilities. His activities and tips achieved immediate results and the kids were soon writing far more descriptive and exciting stories. What a brilliant visit from an up-and-coming young author. We hope to see him back here in the near future.
A.J.’s willingness to adapt on the fly and adjust her schedule was paramount to the success of the session. It was absolutely brilliant in terms of content and was perfectly tailored to their assessment task. As a teacher, I garnered insider tips and tricks to improve young students’ writing and the early feedback from some of my top students was fantastic. In fact, one teacher in the session already shared a writing task to the teaching team based on her presentation today. Thank you, A.J., for [...]
I am very pleased to report that we had a wonderful experience with the 2 speakers that we booked. Both Peter (Carnavas) and Pat (Flynn) worked well together, engaged the students and when they broke into smaller year level groups coped really well and tailored the lessons to suit the students.
All communications with Speakers Ink Agency were effective and prompt. Staff were very pleasant to deal with.
I highly recommend Maria as a speaker. Our students found her presentation interesting and engaging, and I was impressed with the way Maria held their attention throughout.
Anna had the audience locked on to her presentation from start to finish. She unfolded a fascinating story of literary detective work, tracing the lives of her Polish grandmother and her family, and the audience couldn't wait for a formal question-and-answer period at the end – they threw in questions as the session went along, and she handled them brilliantly and honestly.